ATE398496T1 - FORCED SHIFT SORTER - Google Patents

FORCED SHIFT SORTER

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ATE398496T1
ATE398496T1 AT05800132T AT05800132T ATE398496T1 AT E398496 T1 ATE398496 T1 AT E398496T1 AT 05800132 T AT05800132 T AT 05800132T AT 05800132 T AT05800132 T AT 05800132T AT E398496 T1 ATE398496 T1 AT E398496T1
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Prior art keywords
diverting
pusher shoes
conveying surface
actuators
sorter
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AT05800132T
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German (de)
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James Ramaker
Frank Veit
Rhonda Verploegen
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Dematic Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/84—Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/841—Devices having endless travelling belts or chains equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/844—Devices having endless travelling belts or chains equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being pushers transversally movable on the supporting surface, e.g. pusher-shoes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory
    • B07C5/362—Separating or distributor mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2207/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of a handling device, e.g. Conveyors
    • B65G2207/36—Pushing shoes on conveyors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

A positive displacement sorter includes a conveying surface, a plurality of pusher shoes capable of traveling laterally of the conveying surface travel direction, a diverting assembly selectively diverting the pusher shoes and a control. The pusher shoes are generally separated from each other and the travel of direction by a shoe pitch. The diverting assembly includes a plurality of diverting rails extending generally diagonally under the conveying surface and a plurality of actuators associated with the diverting rails. The control is capable of controlling at least two of the actuators in a manner that selectively diverts at least two of the pusher shoes that are spaced apart in integer increments of the shoe pitch notwithstanding that the actuators are separated from each other by more than the shoe pitch.
AT05800132T 2004-09-23 2005-09-23 FORCED SHIFT SORTER ATE398496T1 (en)

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US61237004P 2004-09-23 2004-09-23

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EP (1) EP1799365B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE398496T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2005286623B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2569284C (en)
DE (1) DE602005007621D1 (en)
ES (1) ES2309806T3 (en)
WO (1) WO2006034504A1 (en)

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WO2006034504A1 (en) 2006-03-30
AU2005286623B2 (en) 2011-01-27
ES2309806T3 (en) 2008-12-16
US7240781B2 (en) 2007-07-10
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